How to read it: in each row, the time under "Top 10%" is the time of the slowest athlete who still made the fastest 10% of the age group. Beat that time and you are in. Age groups with fewer than 5 finishers are omitted. Finishers only.
Men
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 997 | 9:28:57 | 10:22:11 | 10:42:44 | 11:22:18 | 12:53:11 | 9:04:20 |
| MPRO | 17 | 9:04:20 | 9:04:20 | 9:04:25 | 9:14:04 | 9:46:15 | 9:04:20 |
| M18-24 | 33 | 10:08:19 | 10:24:14 | 11:11:53 | 11:37:13 | 12:54:27 | 10:08:19 |
| M25-29 | 82 | 9:27:24 | 10:21:36 | 10:39:11 | 11:03:09 | 12:38:04 | 9:27:24 |
| M30-34 | 184 | 9:30:32 | 10:12:23 | 10:36:20 | 11:04:22 | 12:28:25 | 9:28:57 |
| M35-39 | 221 | 9:48:17 | 10:21:46 | 10:37:05 | 11:10:09 | 12:43:37 | 9:16:23 |
| M40-44 | 222 | 10:20:08 | 10:33:10 | 10:50:34 | 11:32:34 | 12:54:36 | 9:45:06 |
| M45-49 | 135 | 10:45:35 | 10:53:22 | 11:08:35 | 11:54:01 | 13:16:51 | 10:44:14 |
| M50-54 | 66 | 10:51:44 | 11:39:12 | 11:58:14 | 12:29:21 | 13:56:39 | 10:51:44 |
| M55-59 | 23 | 11:19:23 | 12:13:56 | 12:22:55 | 12:34:21 | 13:52:10 | 11:19:23 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 12:05:07 | 12:05:07 | 12:05:07 | 13:56:18 | 15:10:25 | 12:05:07 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 125 | 10:15:58 | 11:11:55 | 11:34:56 | 12:02:48 | 13:46:09 | 10:15:23 |
| F25-29 | 11 | 11:38:18 | 11:38:18 | 12:09:10 | 13:23:44 | 14:30:39 | 11:38:18 |
| F30-34 | 39 | 10:40:58 | 11:09:00 | 11:20:55 | 11:42:53 | 13:06:09 | 10:40:58 |
| F35-39 | 17 | 10:43:11 | 10:43:11 | 11:23:00 | 12:28:55 | 15:04:09 | 10:43:11 |
| F40-44 | 22 | 11:02:57 | 11:28:31 | 11:34:56 | 12:01:14 | 13:39:27 | 11:02:57 |
| F45-49 | 18 | 10:15:23 | 10:15:23 | 12:07:56 | 12:35:55 | 13:39:23 | 10:15:23 |
| F50-54 | 11 | 12:55:53 | 12:55:53 | 13:31:17 | 13:50:28 | 14:15:30 | 12:55:53 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 2.7 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v3.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22097794.